Obama advisor David Axelrod’s advice to Canadian Liberals: “Know who you are”

The gleaming new Halifax Convention Centre — subsidized by federal, provincial, and municipal taxpayers like you and me — was festooned with red Liberal banners all weekend, with the ubiquitous slogan “Hope and Hard Work” splashed on screens throughout the super-sized conference room. The 2,800 federal Liberal party members came to Halifax to brainstorm ideas…